Movies that portray abuse or violence in a realistic but less than pearl-clutching way are often accused of being insensitive or playing the situations for laughs. This speaks to a trend in the US as well, where we tend to dictate how people can tell stories. the Western world has lost feelings, so they're searching for false ones, they want to buy feelings.” Digging a bit deeper, we begin to understand what he’s referring to in regards to political correctness as he says, “In Eastern Europe, you cannot get your film financed unless you have a barefoot girl who cries on the streets, or some story about war victims in our region. He speaks openly about making the film to parody the modern Serbian films being released, films he claims pander to politically correctness while being financed with foreign funds. Interviews with the writer/director Srđan Spasojević expose the satirical nature of the film. Some of the more graphic scenes have a slight Evil Dead -look to them, that I'd argue was done intentionally. Yet some of the scenes read as a bit campy despite being horrific. To start off, yes, this is a viscerally disgusting film. Others may have just heard how repulsive this one is and have no desire to see it. Some of you may have seen the actual movie. Such is the case with A Serbian Film (2010). If its message wants you to curl up in a ball and weep gently then it’s hard to say that that’s not a type of art. They carry substantial points on our humanity or our society, never mind those that are just simply stunning to look at. If a movie is considered art, it can be called so due to its beauty or its message, sometimes both. In its simplest definition, the point of art is to express something and the vast majority of movies have a lot to say. Perhaps not all of them, but I’m also not totally convinced that all art is 'art' anyhow, so whatever. I am one of those people who believes that movies are art.
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